Jacob Lawrence

États-Unis · 1917 – 2000 · 126 œuvres · Réalisme social

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1930 29

1940 10

1950 6

1960 8

1970 5

1980 4

1990

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Negro was the largest source of labor to be found after all others had been exhausted

Museum of Modern Art

Migrants arrived in great numbers

Museum of Modern Art

World War had caused a great shortage in Northern industry and also citizens of foreign countries were returning home

Museum of Modern Art

In many of the communities the Negro press was read continually because of its attitude and its encouragement of the movement

Museum of Modern Art

Another of the social causes of the migrants' leaving was that at times they did not feel safe or it was not the best thing to be found on the streets late at night. They were arrested on the slightest provocation

Museum of Modern Art

They also made it very difficult for migrants leaving the South. They often went to railroad stations and arrested the Negroes wholesale which in turn made them miss their train.

Museum of Modern Art

Living conditions were better in the North

Museum of Modern Art

Industries attempted to board their labor in quarters that were oftentimes very unhealthy. Labor camps were numerous

Museum of Modern Art

Housing for the Negroes was a very difficult problem

Museum of Modern Art

Race riots were very numerous all over the North because of the antagonism that was caused between the Negro and white workers. Many of these riots occurred because the Negro was used as a strike breaker in many of the Northern industries

Museum of Modern Art

One of the largest race riots occurred in East St. Louis

Museum of Modern Art

One of the main forms of social and recreational activities in which the migrants indulged occurred in the church

Museum of Modern Art

Among one of the last groups to leave the South was the Negro professional who was forced to follow his clientele to make a living

Museum of Modern Art

In the North the Negro had better educational facilities

Museum of Modern Art

Trains were packed continually with migrants

Museum of Modern Art

And the migrants kept coming

Museum of Modern Art

They did not always leave because they were promised work in the North. Many of them left because of Southern conditions one of them being great floods that ruined the crops and therefore they were unable to make a living where they were

Museum of Modern Art

They were very poor

Museum of Modern Art

Railroad stations were at times so over-packed with people leaving that special guards had to be called in to keep order

Museum of Modern Art

Among the social conditions that existed which was partly the cause of the migration was the injustice done to the Negroes in the courts

Museum of Modern Art

Although the Negro was used to lynching he found this an opportune time for him to leave where one had occurred

Museum of Modern Art

Jacob Lawrence

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Œuvres (126)

They arrived in great numbers into Chicago the gateway of the West

Negro press was also influential in urging the people to leave the South

They also worked in large numbers on the railroad

Negro was the largest source of labor to be found after all others had been exhausted

Migrants arrived in great numbers

World War had caused a great shortage in Northern industry and also citizens of foreign countries were returning home

In many of the communities the Negro press was read continually because of its attitude and its encouragement of the movement

Another of the social causes of the migrants' leaving was that at times they did not feel safe or it was not the best thing to be found on the streets late at night. They were arrested on the slightest provocation

They also made it very difficult for migrants leaving the South. They often went to railroad stations and arrested the Negroes wholesale which in turn made them miss their train.

Living conditions were better in the North

Industries attempted to board their labor in quarters that were oftentimes very unhealthy. Labor camps were numerous

Housing for the Negroes was a very difficult problem

Race riots were very numerous all over the North because of the antagonism that was caused between the Negro and white workers. Many of these riots occurred because the Negro was used as a strike breaker in many of the Northern industries

One of the largest race riots occurred in East St. Louis

One of the main forms of social and recreational activities in which the migrants indulged occurred in the church

Among one of the last groups to leave the South was the Negro professional who was forced to follow his clientele to make a living

In the North the Negro had better educational facilities

Trains were packed continually with migrants

And the migrants kept coming

They did not always leave because they were promised work in the North. Many of them left because of Southern conditions one of them being great floods that ruined the crops and therefore they were unable to make a living where they were

They were very poor

Railroad stations were at times so over-packed with people leaving that special guards had to be called in to keep order

Among the social conditions that existed which was partly the cause of the migration was the injustice done to the Negroes in the courts

Although the Negro was used to lynching he found this an opportune time for him to leave where one had occurred

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Œuvres (126)

They arrived in great numbers into Chicago the gateway of the West

Negro press was also influential in urging the people to leave the South

They also worked in large numbers on the railroad

Negro was the largest source of labor to be found after all others had been exhausted

Migrants arrived in great numbers

World War had caused a great shortage in Northern industry and also citizens of foreign countries were returning home

In many of the communities the Negro press was read continually because of its attitude and its encouragement of the movement

Another of the social causes of the migrants' leaving was that at times they did not feel safe or it was not the best thing to be found on the streets late at night. They were arrested on the slightest provocation

They also made it very difficult for migrants leaving the South. They often went to railroad stations and arrested the Negroes wholesale which in turn made them miss their train.

Living conditions were better in the North

Industries attempted to board their labor in quarters that were oftentimes very unhealthy. Labor camps were numerous

Housing for the Negroes was a very difficult problem

Race riots were very numerous all over the North because of the antagonism that was caused between the Negro and white workers. Many of these riots occurred because the Negro was used as a strike breaker in many of the Northern industries

One of the largest race riots occurred in East St. Louis

One of the main forms of social and recreational activities in which the migrants indulged occurred in the church

Among one of the last groups to leave the South was the Negro professional who was forced to follow his clientele to make a living

In the North the Negro had better educational facilities

Trains were packed continually with migrants

And the migrants kept coming

They did not always leave because they were promised work in the North. Many of them left because of Southern conditions one of them being great floods that ruined the crops and therefore they were unable to make a living where they were

They were very poor

Railroad stations were at times so over-packed with people leaving that special guards had to be called in to keep order

Among the social conditions that existed which was partly the cause of the migration was the injustice done to the Negroes in the courts

Although the Negro was used to lynching he found this an opportune time for him to leave where one had occurred

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